Doha Festival City

Shopping mall in Doha, Qatar

Doha Festival Cityدوحة فستيفال سيتي

The location of the Doha Festival City

Location| Umm Salal, Doha, Qatar
Coordinates| 25°23′06″N 51°26′32″E﻿ / ﻿25.3850°N 51.4422°E﻿ / 25.3850; 51.4422
Opening date| 5 April 2017; 8 years ago (2017-04-05)[1]
Owner| Al Futtaim Company
No. of stores and services| 500+
No. of floors| 2
Public transit access| Doha Festival City bus stop.
Website| Doha Festival City website

250m
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Doha Festival City map

IKEA Qatar

Monoprix Hypermarket

South Food Court

North Food Court

Snow Dunes

Angry Birds World Park

Doha Festival City is a 600,000 square metres (6,500,000 sq ft) shopping mall based in Qatar, owned by Bawabat Al Shamal Real Estate W.L.L (BASREC), with 240,000 square metres (2,600,000 sq ft) of leasable space,[1] it is the largest operating mall in Qatar as of 2018 operated by Al Futtaim.[1] Located north of the capital Doha in Umm Salal Mohammed,[2] near the Al Shamal highway [3]

Currently home to IKEA it is home to over 200 international brands,[4] and the world's largest Monoprix Hypermarket.[5] It is also home to the Middle East's first NBA Store.[6]

Doha Festival City is a destination with a world-class entertainment complex, and will be home to indoor and outdoor attractions unique to Qatar. This comprehensive mix of entertainment – from Qatar’s first VOX 4D cinema complex with 18 digital screens[7] to an Outdoor Leisure Trail space for exercise and cycling – is designed to appeal to all ages.[8]

Doha Festival City is Qatar's first fully certified sustainable mall (Certification by GORD), receiving a 3-star GSAS Design & Build certification by the Gulf Organization for Research and Development (GORD).[9]

The mall was built at a cost of QR6 billion (~$1.6 billion), and opened on 5 April 2017.[10]

## References

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1. ^ a b c Aguilar, Joey (5 April 2017). "Qatar's 'largest mall' Doha Festival City opens". Gulf Times.
2. ^ Dipti Nair (21 March 2017). "Doha Festival City to open on April 5". Qatar Tribune. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
3. ^ "Doha Festival City". www.dohafestivalcity.com. Retrieved 2017-11-14.
4. ^ "Doha Festival City". www.dohafestivalcity.com. Retrieved 2018-02-04.
5. ^ "World's largest Monoprix Hypermarket makes Official Debut at Doha Festival City". www.dohafestivalcity.com. Retrieved 2018-02-04.
6. ^ "First official NBA Store in the Middle East opens in Qatar". The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com. Retrieved 2018-02-04.
7. ^ "Doha Festival City Bringing VOX Cinemas to Qatar for the First Time". www.dohafestivalcity.com. Retrieved 2018-02-04.
8. ^ "Outdoor Leisure Trail". www.dohafestivalcity.com. Retrieved 2018-02-04.
9. ^ "Doha Festival City honoured with top global environmental certification". I Love Qatar. 9 January 2019.
10. ^ Scott, Victoria (20 March 2017). "Five things to know about the upcoming Doha Festival City". Doha News.

## External links

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* Official website